Garment pocket



June 3, 1947. M, A EINBINDER 2,421,488

GARMENT POCKET Filed Feb.- 23, 1946 I INVENTOR. Mam/5A. f/NBl/VDA'R.

BY WMW ATTORNEY.

Patented June 3, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,421,488 I GARMENT POCKET Morris A. Einbinder, Denver, Colo. Application February 23, 1946, Serial No. 649,566

This invention relates to improvements in garments and has reference more particularly to an improvement in pockets of the general type described and claimed in my Patent No, 2,381,580, granted August 7, 1945.

The purpose of this invention is to reduce the amount of material necessary to construct a coat or other garment with pockets that have the outside appearance of patch pockets without the additional material required for the conventional patch pocket construction.

It is well known that the garments having what is known as patch pockets require an additional piece of goods, called the patch, sewed to the outside of the material of the garment so as to lie wholly on the outer surface thereof. Due to the shortage of material or for the purpose of economizing on the amount of goods used, applicant has devised a method of making a pocket that has the outside appearance of a patch pocket, but which does not require the additional material employed for the patch.

In the patent above identified, one method of constructing such a pocket has been shown and described and claimed. Since that time, however, applicant has improved the construction of his pocket in a manner which will now be described in detail and for this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the invention has been illustrated, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a coat provided with a patch pocket constructed in accordance with this invention;

Figures 2, 3 and 4 show three of the steps of the method employed;

Figure 5 is a section taken on line 55, Figure Figure 6 is a section showing the manner in which the garment material is doubled so as to receive the forming seam;

Figure 7 is a section showing the next step in the method;

Figure 8 shows the final step of the method, and

Figure 9 is a section similar to that of Figure 8 and shows the preferred construction.

In the drawing reference numeral designates an ordinary sack coat and reference numeral ll designates the pocket which has been constructed in accordance with this invention.

In Figures 2, 3 and 4, reference numeral l2 designates a piece of the garment material which may be of any kind of cloth suitable for the purpose, The side that is shown in Figure 2 is the Claims. (Cl. 2-247) inside of the material, while Figures 3 and 4 show the outside of the material. In order to make a pocket in accordance with this invention a strip of buckram or other suitable material which has been designated by reference numeral 13 and which will hereinafter be referred to as a tape, is formed or bent into the shape and size of the pocket and is then sewed to the material by a row of stitching I4 that extends along the middle of the tape. The tape, after it has been secured to the goods, has the appearance shown in cross section Figure 5. The garment material is now folded with the outer surface on the inside of the fold and the two layers secured together by a row of stitching l5. The garment material is now straightened and has the appearance shown in section Figure 7. The next and the last step is to bend the folded portion l6 upwardly against the inner surface of the garment material and to position the edge of a piece of cloth ll, which may be of buckram or any other strong pocket material, with its edge between the two sides of the tape l3, which is folded about the edge of the part ll, after which the four thicknesses are secured together by means of a row of stitching I8. The inside of the pocket has been designated by reference numeral I 9.

The above construction results in a pocket in every way resembling the conventional patch pocket, such pockets, however, will bulge outwardly considerably, when material such as a large handkerchief is positioned therein,

The preferred construction has been illustrated in Figure 9 from which it will be seen that the pocket itself, instead of employing the garment material of the patch as the outer wall and having the inner wall I! secured to the garment, as shown in Figure 8, is formed by the parts Ila that are attached to the garment at the top only. In the construction illustrated in Figure 9, tape [3 is stitched directly to the garment material by seam l8 and serves to secure the fold I6 in position and at the same time provide the outlining seam [8. If the tape is omitted, the folded part will assume the position shown in Figure 'l which would not give the desired effect. 'Tape I3 is therefore an element of great importance in obtaining the efiect desired.

Attention is called to the fact that with this construction there is a slight overhang along line 20 which gives the appearance of having a patch sewed to the material with its edge folded inwardly. Seam I8 is visible from the outside and the whole appearance is that of an ordinary patch pocket. By employing a tape secured to the use of the additional garment material that would be necessary if an ordinary patch pocket were employed. Instead of using the expensive garment material for the inner wall of the pocket,

a cheaper and more durable materialcan be used for part 11 and Ha which producesa pocket at least as strong and durable as the ordinary patch pocket without the use of additional garment material.

The gist of this inventionis-in theuse of the tape secured to the garment material in the manner and forthe purpose desoribedand illustrated onthe drawing.

In the drawing the preferred construction shows th stitching l4 asextending along the medianline of the tape. HQWever, it is possible to have this seam along one e ge of the tape and to use a single thickness 0i tape although this is not recommended,

Applicant considers his inventionto include uc o vi us mod cations or mechanical equi alents as perform substantially the same function in-the same manner.

Having described the; invention, what is claimed as. new is emet od o makinga arment. pock t ing a p tch poc appea nc whim-1.00mr i s n o the inside of th g rm nt mat na a fia ape. ubstantia ly. outlining the ize and shape of, the pocket, by, a row of stitches along the center line. thereof, folding; the garment m terial outward y along vthe stitches,

stitching the; folded garment material parallel with the first row,- oi; stitches, folding the; tape upon itself. along the first mentioned; row of stitches, inserting the edge of a. piece. of. cloth, which is to form-the, inside of thepoolgetl between the; two sides ofthe folded tape-,, and stitching through the folded tape, the material between the, two si -des-.- thereof, and through the part. of

garment material ongthe, inside of arrqparallel with the; two above mentioned, rows oi stitches,

therebyoutlin-ingan area which, yiewed them; the

outside of the garment material, has the apnea/ r ance of a patch. pocket,

2. The method of; making a; garment pocket having; a patch pocket appearance which com prises sewingto theinside oi thegarment-mar l a t a e w e chair-ou inin he s and shape of thepocket by a. row of stitches sub:-

n llr Paral t hem an ce he eq t folding; the garment material outwardly: along, the stitche Stltching the folded; garment ma terial parallel; with the fipst seam inserting; theedge, of apieceof; cloth; which isvv to f-orm the the. garment material inside of the pocket, between at last one layer of the tape and the garment material, and stitching through the two layers of tape, the cloth between it and the garment material and through the part of the garment material on the inside of and parallel with the two above mentioned rows of stitches, thereby outlining an area, which, viewed from the outside of the garment material, has the appearance of a patch pocket.

3.]The method. of making a garment pocket having a patch pocket appearance which comprises, sewing to the inner surface of the garment material a flat tape, substantially outlining the size and shape of the pocket, by a row of stitches parallel with the center line of the tape, folding outwardly along the stitches, stitching the folded garment material parallel with the first row of stitches, bending thedoubled edge of the garment material along the last named row of stitches, folding the tape along thefirst line of stitches and stitchingthe doubled-tape to the inner surface ofthe garment materialto hold the doubled edge in position.

4; The -methodof making a garment pocket having a patch pocket appearance which comprises, sewing to the inner surface of the garment material a flat tape substantially outlining the size and shape of the pocket, by'a row of stitches along the center line of the tape, folding the garment material outwardly along the stitches, stitching theifolded garment material parallel with the first row of stitches, bending the doubled edge of the garment material along the last named row of stitches, folding the tape and stitching the folded tape to the inner-surface ofthe garment material to hold the doubled edge in position.

5. Themethod of making a garment pocket having a patch pocket" appearance which comprises, drawing on the inner'surface of the garment material theoutline of a patch pocket, stitching a piece of tape, or the like, to the inside of the garment material along the outline, bending the. garment material double along the row of stitching with the rightside thereof incone tact, stitching the doubled garment material par.- allel the first row of stitches, bending the double edge of the garment material along the last row of stitches, and stitching the tape to the garment material on they inside of.-thesecond row of stitches to secure the doubled edge thereof in bentover position.

MORRIS A. EINBINDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are'of record inthe filexo f this patent:

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